The elementary structuring of patriarchy
Bolivian women and transborder mobilities in the Andes
Will be published approx. on 23. June 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-1-5261-9783-2 (ISBN)
Description
Based on an ethnographic study on the Andean Tri-border (between Chile, Peru, and Bolivia), this volume addresses the experience of Aymara cross-border women from Bolivia employed in the rural valleys on the outskirts of Arica (Chile's northernmost city). As protagonists of transborder mobility circuits, these women are intersectionally impacted by different forms of social vulnerability. With a feminist anthropological perspective, the book investigates how the boundaries of gender are constructed in the (multi)situated experience of these transborder women. By building a bridge between classical anthropological studies on kinship and contemporary debates on transnational and transborder mobility, the book invites us to rethink structuralist theoretical assertions on the elementary character of family alliances. -- .
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Manchester
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
14 black & white illustrations, 1 map
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
411 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5261-9783-2 (9781526197832)
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Menara Guizardi is Adjunct Researcher at the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research of Argentina, and an associate researcher at the University of Tarapaca. -- .
Content
Part I: The volume and its theoretical approaches
Introduction - Menara Guizardi and Herminia Gonzalvez
1 The elemental triad - Menara Guizardi
2 (Re)thinking complementarity - Menara Guizardi, Herminia Gonzalvez, Esteban Nazal, and Lina Magalhaes
Part II: The Chilean and Bolivian sides of the Andean Tri-border
3 The interstices of history - Menara Guizardi, Felipe Valdebenito, and Pablo Mardones
4 The context through images - Menara Guizardi, Claudio Casparrino, and Felipe Valdebenito
5 Gendered mobility - Menara Guizardi, Esteban Nazal, and Lina Magalhaes
Part III: Migratory insertion and transborder violence
6 Care across gender boundaries - Menara Guizardi, Herminia Gonzalvez, and Eleonora Lopez
7 On gifts and multiple presence - Menara Guizardi, Isabel Araya, and Lina Magalhaes
8 Borderization is gendered - Menara Guizardi, Carolina Stefoni, and Eleonora Lopez
9 The hidden sites of violence - Menara Guizardi, Carolina Stefoni, Isabel Araya, Lina Magalhaes, and Eleonora Lopez
Epilogue - Menara Guizardi
Index -- .
Introduction - Menara Guizardi and Herminia Gonzalvez
1 The elemental triad - Menara Guizardi
2 (Re)thinking complementarity - Menara Guizardi, Herminia Gonzalvez, Esteban Nazal, and Lina Magalhaes
Part II: The Chilean and Bolivian sides of the Andean Tri-border
3 The interstices of history - Menara Guizardi, Felipe Valdebenito, and Pablo Mardones
4 The context through images - Menara Guizardi, Claudio Casparrino, and Felipe Valdebenito
5 Gendered mobility - Menara Guizardi, Esteban Nazal, and Lina Magalhaes
Part III: Migratory insertion and transborder violence
6 Care across gender boundaries - Menara Guizardi, Herminia Gonzalvez, and Eleonora Lopez
7 On gifts and multiple presence - Menara Guizardi, Isabel Araya, and Lina Magalhaes
8 Borderization is gendered - Menara Guizardi, Carolina Stefoni, and Eleonora Lopez
9 The hidden sites of violence - Menara Guizardi, Carolina Stefoni, Isabel Araya, Lina Magalhaes, and Eleonora Lopez
Epilogue - Menara Guizardi
Index -- .